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Complex dynamics in gelling systems

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We study the viscoelastic properties and the relaxation process in a gelling system by means of a minimal statistical-mechanics model. The model is based on percolation and bond fluctuation dynamics. The values for the critical exponents of the viscosity and elasticity agree with a part of the experimental observations and of the theoretical predictions. The obtained relaxation patterns well reproduce the behaviour observed in different gelling systems.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Seconda Università di Napoli, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa (CE), Italy, , , , , , IT

    L. de Arcangelis

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy, , , , , , IT

    E. Del Gado & A. Coniglio

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Received 10 March 2002 and Received in final form 30 April 2002

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de Arcangelis, L., Del Gado, E. & Coniglio, A. Complex dynamics in gelling systems. Eur. Phys. J. E 9, 277–282 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2002-10078-0

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